The council is also encouraging individuals and community groups to take part in the annual Reading RESCUE Spring Clean on the weekend of Friday, March 4 to Sunday, March 6.

This year’s event will coincide with the national Clean for the Queen campaign which has been launched to mark Her Majesty’s 90th birthday. Volunteers can find out more by visiting http://readingrescue.org.uk/.

The council received a bronze award for its first Love Clean Reading campaign in the Clean Britain Awards in November 2015.

Reading’s submission focused on the campaign in 2014/15 which included deep cleaning 134 streets and areas of open space throughout the borough and resulted in the removal of 65 tonnes of waste.